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February 11, 2025, Press Release from the Office of State Senator Susan Manchester: COLUMBUS—State Senator Susan Manchester (R-Waynesfield) has introduced a bill to give Ohio Farm Bureau members much wider access to affordable, quality health coverage plans.

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Ohio District 12 State Senator and Waynesfield native, Susan Manchester, has been appointed chair of the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee. The appointment as chair comes one week after she was sworn in as District 12 state senator, which serves all of Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Mercer, and Shelby counties and portions of Darke and Logan counties.

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Ohio's new 12th District state senator is ready to get to work. Susan Manchester was sworn in as senator for Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Mercer, and Shelby counties, as well as part of Darke and Logan. She served three terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, and she also served as the chair of the House Families, Aging, and Human Services Committee. In the Ohio House, she worked on legislation to help farmers, protect victims of human trafficking, and protect children.

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Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith says in the last two years, there have been $20 million's worth of investments in the Downtown Lima area. A lot of the growth was due to public and private partnerships which tore down blighted buildings, revamped empty buildings, and brought new businesses to the Downtown Lima area.